In November, 26 students at Monarch High School had contracted the flu. Each month, the number of students who have contracted the flu increases by 36%. Write and use an
exponential growth function to find the total number of students who have contracted the flu
by May.

Look, when you want to do something like put it like x^2. x2 could mean x² or x₂. so to clear confusion, know the notation. to find the product multiply the x's and you get -8x and the y's and you get 6y. since it's all being multiplied it is just -8x6y, or answer a. although the better answer is -48xy(combining -8 and 6) because you should multiply constants whenever you can.